Humanitas Prize Winners Include ‘Mudbound’, ‘The Post’ & ‘Lady Bird’

The Humanitas Prize winners were unveiled tonight, awarded annually to encourage, stimulate and sustain the nation’s screenwriters. The 43rd annual honors for the first time separated feature film categories by genre, with Netflix’s Mudboundand Fox’s The Post tying for drama, A24’s Lady Bird winning for comedy and Fox’s Ferdinand winning for family.

Other film winners unveiled tonight in a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton included HBO’s documentary Cries From Syria and Amazon/IFC’s Crown Heights with the Sundance Feature Film Award. Among the winners on the TV side were CBS’ The Big Bang Theory and the pilot of ABC’s The Good Doctor.

The organization also awarded two $20,000 scholarships; six emerging writer winners of the $15,000 New Voices program to pen pilot scripts supervised by veteran showrunners; and five winners of the Play L.A. program, which grants $1,500 to lend support to Los Angeles-based playwrights.